Global Patent Index - EP 3495921 A1

EP 3495921 A1 20190612 - AN APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR PRESENTATION OF FIRST AND SECOND VIRTUAL-OR-AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT

Title (en)

AN APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR PRESENTATION OF FIRST AND SECOND VIRTUAL-OR-AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND ZUGEHÖRIGE VERFAHREN ZUR DARSTELLUNG VON INHALTEN ERSTER UND ZWEITER VIRTUELLER ODER ERWEITERTER REALITÄT

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉS ASSOCIÉS DE PRÉSENTATION D'UN PREMIER ET D'UN SECOND CONTENU DE RÉALITÉ VIRTUELLE OU AUGMENTÉE

Publication

EP 3495921 A1 20190612 (EN)

Application

EP 17206378 A 20171211

Priority

EP 17206378 A 20171211

Abstract (en)

In respect of first and second virtual-or-augmented reality content each comprising at least respective visual imagery for display in a three-dimensional virtual space; based on real-world space information comprising at least a first and second determined sub-space comprising a different part of a real-world space in which a first user is located, and second-user information indicative of the presence of a second user;provide for display of a three-dimensional hybrid virtual space that is user-explorable, the hybrid virtual space based on a combination of virtual spaces generated from at least the first and the second virtual-or-augmented reality content and respectively presented in positions to correspond to the first and second sub-spaces; andprovide for display to the second user, who is not presented with said hybrid virtual space, of an indication of the boundary of one or both of the first and second sub-spaces.

IPC 8 full level

G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04M 1/724 (2021.01); H04M 1/72484 (2021.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 3/011 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01 - EP US); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01 - EP US); G06Q 10/101 (2013.01 - EP US); G06T 19/00 (2013.01 - US); G06T 19/006 (2013.01 - US); H04M 1/724 (2021.01 - EP US); H04M 1/72484 (2021.01 - EP US); H04N 7/157 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 3/165 (2013.01 - US); G06T 2219/024 (2013.01 - US)

Citation (search report)

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Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3495921 A1 20190612; US 2019180509 A1 20190613

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 17206378 A 20171211; US 201816205906 A 20181130